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by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900)

Nuit d'été
 (Sung text for setting by J. Leguerney)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Lune de cuivre -- Parfums lourds ...
Comme des lampes sous un dôme,
Les astres luisent, l'heure embaume;
Des fleurs dorment dans le velours.

L'âme en langueur des jardins sourds
Exhale d'étouffants arômes.
L'eau des porphyres polychromes
Dans les bassins pleure toujours.

Nulle ombre de feuille qui bouge...
Seule, ta lèvre éclate, rouge,
A la flamme du haut flambeau;
Et tu sembles, dans l'air nocturne,
Dure et fatale comme l'urne
Impénétrable d'un tombeau.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "Nuit d'été", 1930, published 1988, first performed 1986 [ soprano and piano ], from Quatre mélodies, no. 2, Éditions Max Eschig

Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Victor Samain (1858 - 1900), no title, written 1893, appears in Au jardin de l'Infante, in 1. Les Heures d'été, no. 3, Paris, Éd. du Mercure de France, first published 1897

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 73

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